Poland

Polish Insurgency II

Poland 19 Min Read

“Battle of OstroĹ‚Ä™ka of 1831”, an 1838 painting by Karol Malankiewicz In the early summer the mood in Germany and in the Frankfurt Parliament began to veer away from internationalist liberalism, and deputies representing the German population of Poznania, Silesia and Pomerania began to voice anti-Polish sentiments. As the liberal ardour spent itself, the Berlin government began to contain the…

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THE DESTRUCTION OF POLAND I

Caught by surprise by the Nazi-Soviet pact, the Poles resisted valiantly as the two powers seized their homeland. For Europe, it was the first opportunity to witness the blitzkrieg in full effect. At 0440 hours on 1 September 1939, German aircraft of the Luftwaffe bombed air bases in Poland. Five…

Germany History Poland Waffen-SS 19 Min Read

THE DESTRUCTION OF POLAND II

Guderian’s potent army Guderian now had four mechanised divisions under his direct command: the 3rd and 4th Panzer Divisions and the 2nd and 20th Motorised Divisions. It was an extremely potent force, made more effective because Bock allowed Guderian a free hand both tactically and logistically. As it was not…

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The Republic of Poland-Lithuania

Augustus the Strong For 6 years, Swedish King Charles XII turned his attentions on Poland/Saxony; chasing its king, Augustus the Strong, throughout his dominions till forcing his abdication in 1706 from the Polish throne and a termination of his alliance with Russia. Polish and Saxon armies in Wilanow in 1732…

Poland PoW ROA SS 48 Min Read

Social Scientists and War Criminals

Martin Oppenheimer [from New Politics, vol. 6, no. 3 (new series), whole no. 23, Summer 1997] Martin Oppenheimer teaches sociology at Rutgers University. THE 49TH CORPS OF THE GERMAN ARMY REACHED THE CAUCASUS and took the city of Mikoyan Shakhar in August, 1942. Professor Nicholas Poppe, a member of the…

Baltic Cossack Poland PoW ROA SS Ukraine Waffen-SS 62 Min Read

RUSSIAN NATIONALS IN GERMAN SERVICE

It is truly ironic that the most numerous units of foreign nationals raised by the Germans during World War II came from among the “sub-human” Slavs of the Soviet Union. Faced with waging war in a country of vast distances and infested with enemy partisans, the Germans had no choice…

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Poland Early 18th Century – The Reign of Anarchy II

Polish army throughout the 18th century, by Karol Linder. Sweden had been wiped out as…

Poland Early 18th Century – The Reign of Anarchy I

Augustus II of Poland. 17th Centruy Polish Dragoons By the last quarter of the seventeenth…

Danzig 1939

Soldiers of the SS-Heimwehr Danzig round up “undesirables” in the free city of Danzig. The…

The Battle of Tannenberg 1410 Part I

Background Two conflicts formed the bookends, so to say, of the fourteenth century in Prussia.…